RELAYS FINALS SATURDAY CIILlfORNl1I TECH AGAIN Ctllifflrnitl Institut, flf Tec/IHfllfllY Volume L. ______Thursday, March 10, 1949 ------______No. 20 Snakes Sallg From Seclusion Caltech Plans Arts "Earth's Period Decreasing," To Stirring Sorb Spectacle ~4~~~c:~~l~~~: has announced its plans for an Gloria Murphy Stars, Other Thespians' Include all·Tech Arts and Crafts Show to Astronomer Ro~al Asserts Carl Fox, Carl Price, Jim Hendrickson, Sis Stabler be held on the campus April 6 Proving again that all Pasadena stage talent does not reside at through April 9. the Playhouse, our Cal tech thespians outdid themselmes again this Last Year year in their annual production, " Ma id in the Iceplant," presented Last year the Club sponsored Eagleson Prints ~ Nights Of Perpetual Full Moon Thursday and Friday evenings at Culbertson Hall, involved a fine arts show at which more Sorbian intrigue, brass corsets, bananas, and the coed system on than sixty professors, students, the roommate plan.

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THE CAlTECH METHOD background of training, and that it does not equip its students for may make notable discoveries in that field. But still this physicist (Continued from Page 2) life rather than merely for the first few months a fter gl' C:l.duation. may not know anything other than physiCS. Ca refull y analytical in his own field, he may be content WIth unexamined prejudices aptitudes were included in all gl'aduate assistants However, not I nstruction is cel'tainly given in the basic principles that govern outside it. This physic ist, who Illay create the tools to advance all graduate assistants a re both research men a nd teachers. Accord· a whole class of intellectua l land pl'actical skills rOr which the incli­ technological progress, should be made cogniza.nt of the wide gap ingly, Caltech should learn to recognize leaching, rather than vidua l has a bent and inte rest. between ma n's ethica l intelligence and his technical co mpetence. the production of learned monographs, il.S the essential quality in To pra ise hLghly the teaching a t the Tnstllute of basic principles a teacher. There have been ancl a re teachers of the sciences who is not to argue against a ny desirable li ghtening of the academic The problems raised by Hiroshima should become as much a part are not research men. II is sufficient that they know their science. load. A li ghtening of the academic load would provide stucients of his consciousness as Maxwell's equations. uTo know is not necessartly to do research. To do research is to with an oppor tuni ty to satisfy the intense in tellectual curiosity \Yhatevel' a. li beral education is, it should at least be concerned discover a truth, 01' to demonstra.te an errol'. To know is to possess that is so character istic of them. In some students, this curiosity is with the problems of the present age. Too often at Caltech, it seems a fact after it has been attained and to assimilate a truth into one's ma nifest solely along scientific lines, perhaps in the form of a hob­ to me, life is regarded as a n impertinent intruder to be kept out­ mind." by. I n others, the curiosity takes the form of a deep interest in side the ivy-covered grounds. Too often, Caltech seems to be a Let us sec what the Institute has done to improve the quality of art, music, or li terature. Only the exceptionall y brilliant freshmen place to spend f OUl' years immaculately preserved from contamina­ teaching. The student is compelled to devote ninety-six (twelve are able to adjust to coll ege life, cram the conte nts of textbooks into tion with the oLltside world, ;;\ refuge and a vacation from the units of mathematics and twe lve units of phYSICS) hours a month their heads, and still find time for the satisfactIO n of thi s curiosity. world's problems. Too often, t he glories of the ancient world and to the study of baS IC SC Iences whose understanding proceeds fur­ Perhaps, reduction of the acaciemic loacl is a mea.LUi of providing of ages past are studied while the socia l and philosophical prob­ ther study at the Institute_ The instructor is invited to attend, an the student with a chance to satisfy his curiOS ity. \Yhetl1er the lems raised by such nuvels as 't'h e G."upes of \Vrulh and T h e Magic haul' each month, what is euphemistically termed "n seminal' in student will explOIt his opportunity is a nother question. But we Mountain are neglected. I do not agree with those who believe that educatlOna l problems and methods_" To judge from the comment cannot solve it until he is given the opportunity. literature is not li tera ture and history is not history until time has of undergraduates, th ese sem inars are characterized by one dis­ What lightening of the academic loacl do I urge? Too often, the extracted a ll social and philosophICa l significance from the writ· tinguishing feature_ That feature is their ineffectiveness in im­ curric ulum is a Procrustean beel wherein the student is cut 0 1' ings, and they can be studied solely for esthetic pleasure. Empha­ proving instruction. Apparently, too little time is spent actually stretched to a preconcei ved pattern that ignores individua l differ: sis in a li beral education should be placed on the development of in analyzing educational problems a nd methods. ences, needs, abili ties, ancl 1I1 terests. For exa mple, mathmatics, techniques which are a pplicable to modern problems. As While­ These semina rs ha ve not impl'oved the quality of instruction geology, phYS iCS , chemistry, a nd bio logy majors a re compelled to head writes, "the only use of a knowledge or the past is to equip because they have not devoted enough time to solving the instruc­ take sophomore biology ~nd geology irrespective of their options liS fo r the present." tor's own teaching problems. Consequently, I recommend that It would be more desirable for a mathematics Or geology major to Caltech has not intl'oduccd ils s tudents to the fundamental prob· take a month's survey co urse exploring the mysteries of the nat­ graduate assistants be required to a ttend, at least until the stu­ lems or the a ge~to the social, political, intellectual, a nd the philoso­ dents and the heads or the depa rtments have noted a definite im­ ura l world than to spend three months in the intensive study of phical questions posed by our time and cu lture. It is not the Hu­ provement in instrucli ol1 , sem inars that thoroughly investigate biology. SJlniia rly, for many students a. month's survey course in manities diviSIOn fault that it has had to devote the major portion the de velopment of the ear th would be more benefiCia l than an the problems and methods of teaching. These seminars should at of its time tn interest ing its naively P hili ~tine students in the least study the common psychological a nd philosophical educa­ intensive course in phYSical geology. The student could use the Humanities. Unfortuna tely , the Humanities division has had to tiona l pr inciples of instruction. Each gradua te should be given a time afforded by reduction of academic load to improve the quality spend too much of its time in inducing the students to enjoy lib· basic understanding of the techniques of teachi ng and learning. of the rest of his work or to satisfy his mtellectual curiosity. Cur­ el'al arts, and not e nough in teaching the students what is im­ Individual teaching problems should be solved. Each teachel' ought riculum reVisions of the sort just indicated appea l' to be desirable, portant, and what is worthy of :o; ludy. The reviSIOns I propose in to understand how to plan a lesson, wi thout mechanically impos· and certainly should be examined. the curriculum will probably not affect those who do not care what ing it on the class. Each graduate should be shown how to get his .1\ libcr.d education s h o uhJ "engage the producti ve ene rgies of they study provided they obtain a C; consequently, they will have students to reach a familiar conclUSion, such as the derivation of the student to distinguish what is of surviva l va lue in the cui no objection to the proposed changes. However, the thinking stu­ a familial" theorem, With a sense of having macie their own dis­ tura l heritage of his age it should engage his productive energies dent will welcome the proposed revisions since they will engage his covery. Certainly, sympathetic understanding, sensitivity to stu­ to ca lTY forwa l'd these val ues, and to expand und enrich his own productive energies 111 distinguishing what is of survival in the cul­ dent needs and problems, a nd that quali ty of patiencce towards contribution to the mea ning and worth or life." tural heritage of hi :o; age, and in expanding a nd enriching his own students which accepts as na tura) the first groping steps towards As has been said, "\Ve a lways li ve at the lime we li ve a nd not cont ributions to the meaning and worth of life. The revislOns w ill understanding of a difficult subJect, should be developed in all at some other time, and only by extrac ting at each present time a id in meeting science's obllgatt on to society by furnishing leader­ instructors. the full meaning of each present expel'ience aJ'e we prepared for ship for society, ancl by gLvi ng adequate orientation towards an In short, each gl'aduate should be required continually to attend doing the same thing in the future." Thus, the student should understa nding of lhe soci ety of which the students are a part. semina rs in educationa l psychology and educational philosophy, reca ll from memory associated meanings and va lues to serve as FlII·thel'mol'e, aroused student interest in the Humanities will r e­ and in the specific problems and methods f teaChing. Individua l bases of judgment in the problematical situations confronting him. sult in increased teaching enthusiasm among the professors, The survival values of the race, as recorded in history, lI terature, teaching diffi culties must be analyzed. Excessive emphasis cannot r Sll1-n~ l'st the folluwillA" I't'vh; ions, In an honest examination of be placed on developing intellectually co mpetent and intellectual- philoso phy , and all the li bel'al arts, serve this purpose. contemporal'Y life, Ilumerous socia l and philosophical problems are It Iy stimulating instructors. Even one hour a week may not be Too often, Ca lb'ch PI'CI'

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Rowdies Finally /THE Who Dealt xy avo" es S c h u S 5 i n 9 Also, a fine chair lift is sup· S~UAR[S' CIRClEl1 ·nder Men I posedly going in at Big Bear this As C, witb the Shoosc summer. Some of our m embers Grip Tennis Title Fellow students, This Mess '-:-:---:------:--~--' I who went up to the race there The end of the Inlel'house teu­ B y Carl Fox Prep are f or Re Iays Afte!' almost two weeks of good this last Sunday said that the This letter is both an explana­ s pring snow fresh powder has nis season fi. nally came, bringing tion and an apology for the LOne This Saturday a ft e rn 0 a n and is coming to the Southlands. slope that the lift is going in on Ricketts OU l on top with an un· of the ca mpaign-if 1 may say There have been several ques­ CQaches Anderson and Carroll's 1s there no end to the s now this is a fine, steep one that compares marred record. T he long, long that-that 1 put on for Publicity tions raised recently concerning track squads will journey to Oxy year? There is a fine six foot or with the top of the Bowl at awaited fina l match was played Manage,'. 1 had hoped by my the probabilities of various dis­ to com pete in the C.onference so pack that Johnny Elvl'utn says Snow Valley. between Hicketts and Throop, tributions and spli ts. It is hoped somewhat supeJ' cilions tone to Helays. As the title suggests will last up into July (on Slide H ut with Win Soule topping Wayne that the following tables and impress upon you the fact that t.h is meet is primarily a series of Peak ), and it seems that there is T he hut is looking much bet- Beebe for the Rowdies' fin al vic­ notes will clear up any miscon­ relays, but a full schedule of no one was running against me, a fres h snow surface almost tel'. Small crowds the last COll­ tory. ceptions that may exist. The that the Student Body had not field events will a lso be incl uded. every week. This last weekend pie of weeks have enabled some Fleming settled for runner-up shown enough interest to nom­ first column lists the nun'lber of With the 11 elp of a little Cah· we had fresh snow, and another of us to get the interior looking spot by virtue of the Rowdie tri­ inate sufficient of its members to cards that you and partner hold fOl'nia "sunshine" the track in s torm is coming in at this writ- much cleaner. There is a lot of umph over Throop. Dabney was supply competition in each race between you in the suit in ques­ Tournament Park has been look· ing. construction to go into the hut in the middle of things, batting (four ofTices were uncontested). tion. The second column is the ing a lot like a swimming pool, Lift this coming Spring, Summer, and 500. Blacker took fourth, a nd I'm s ure you mus t admit this is manner in w hich the outs tand· to that some of the boys have Throop failed to score. It. is good news on the chair l"alI, so you can begin thinking a deplor able condition of apathy. ing cards may be s plit while the had serious doubts as to whether lifts. As soon as the thaw is hel'e of s pending a few weekends up F inal s ta ndings: of the sort that has led to the last col umn is the probability of they were reporting to t he right the big lift up to Race P eak is there after the snow and skiing House Won Lost Points common popular opinion of Tech this particular s plit. place for track workouts. As a Ric ketts ...... 4 a 15 going to be completed. The word are through for the season. Fleming ...... 3 I 12 as a grind.monas tery where only result very few of the men are You Hold Split Perce ntll ge is that another chair lift is go­ Patl'ol Dabney _...... _...... 2 2 9 atrophied snakes go to school. I yet in any good form, so that Blacker ...... I 3 6 6 cards 4 ~ 3 62% ing in a pproximately where the The Snow Valley Ski Patrol is Throop ..... a 4 3 felt that lack of competition for 5 ~ 2 3 1 the times a re still pretty s low in 6 - I 7 p resen t s ling tow is operating. rounding into s hape now, and ------­ my office was a refl ection 0 11 7 - 0 l ess than Y2% most of the races. the Tech Ski Club is getting sev­ ty on the slopes and a general everyone and a.ttempted to em­ 7 cards 4 ~ 2 48% There is increasing pressure to 3 ~ 3 36 gel rid of the sling because of eral members on to the patrol. lookout on the various tows to phas ize my sentiment with my 5 - 1 15 6 - 0 I HE MARRlED HELEN the danger of accidents (a skier Olly Garciner and Pete Price w ere see that th e maximum number sarcasm. 8 cards 3 ~ 2 68% was almost pulled in two on it arnong the first to serve on the of people get the maximum num· If my apparently irresponsible 4 ~ I 28 Hell ensued. 5 ~ 0 4 three week~ ago) and because of patrol. The general duties of the bel' of rides with a minimum of manner atTended you personally, 9 cards 3 - 1 50% H e left Helen. 2 - 2 40 H elen sued. the need of shutting down w hen patrol include first aid and safe· holdups and delays. ' r hope it. will serve to goad your 4 ~ a 10 interest in studen t government 10 cards 2 - I 78% 3 - a 22 ·.·.·~ in next year's eJections. Mean· I I cards 1 - I 52% Y"'h·.· ...... •••••... •••.•.·.·.·•• ..... ••••• ...... • ... ."." while, for this year, let me reas· 2 - a 48 sure you by s incerely promising 1 t is often handy to know, to give my utmost enthus iasm with a certa in number of cards outstanding in a s uit, JUSt w hat CAMPUS CHOICE and experience to the job of Pub­ licity Manager and to support t he cha nces a re of finding a ny Presid ent Lovbel'g actively a nd particular missing card either w111ingly in his ASCTT projects. s ingleton, doubleton, or triple­ Jim H endrickson. ton. These percen tages a re li sted below, first the number of cards Dear Editor, ut, then the others in order. On J anuary 22, three profes­ Ca rd s Single Double Triple 2 52% 48% sors at the University of Wash­ 3 26 52 22% 4 12 40 38 ington were fired, two because 5 6 28 40 they were members of a s mall 6 Low ' 8 54 poli tical party highly critical of It s hould be understood lhat the government- the Communist lhe percentages li sted above ap· • Party-and the third because of ply only to the original holdings his activity in liberal and pro­ of thirt.een cards and cannot be gressive organizations. applied after any cards of the Ignoring the findings of a suit have been played. ARROW faculty committee that found the Since there a re few, indeed, three "without academic fault, GORDON who have time or inclination to competent as scholars ... and remember these tables, the fa} · objective as tea.chers," the Uni· OXFORDS $3.95 lowing are li sted for more gen­ versity president based his ac­ eral guidance. tion on his personal viewpoint Only Arrow oxfords have all that "A Communist is incompe­ An even number of cards will these features: tent to teach the truth." probably not be divided evenly. • Perfed fitting Arrow When it' is considered that the An uneven number of cards collars U.S. government holds 200 to 300 will probably split as evenly as of its left wing critics in jail, • Mitoga shape for is possible. trimness that (with a few WW II consci­ entious objectors still in prison) If the opponents hold two hon­ • Sanforized label Ors in a suit they will be divid­ $3.95 200 conscientious objectors to the • Anchored bulton. draft are in jail, that Secretary ed between the two hands 52 pel' of Defense Forrestal has a plan cent of the time and will be in • Crisp, long-wearing to organize concen tration camps the same hand 1) 8 per cent of Gordon oxL rd cloth. and put two volunteer govern­ the time. Thus 24 per cent of the Drop in TODAY' time they will both be in one See your Arrow dealer ments agents on every city block, for Gordon oxfords today! the imperative necessity to figh t particular hand. for civil liberties becomes appar­ ent. HOTALING'S The Was hington firings fa ll Campus Barber Shop ARROW within the scope of students as In Old Dorm Coffee Shop Bfdg. '.r WO STORES FOR MEN • J they aff ect academic freedom. ALSO 54 E. COLOItA no ST. 921 E. COLORADO ST. SHIRTS and TIES David Pollard 4-DAY LAUNDRY UNDERWEAR • HANDKERCHIEFS • SPORTS SHIRTS & CLEANING SERVICE ...... J ...... ARROW UNIVERSITY STYLES ....., ...... ' ... 0; ....,.,.,,...... ••••• ... • ... ·. ,.... M ... Heath Speaker For ASCE Convention !-lOW MILD CAN A CIGARETTE BE ? Preparations of plans for the WELL. SKITCIl . nlE CAMEL 3O-DAY forthcoming convention of the TEST CONVINCED ME nlAT CAMELS wes tern states' r epresen tatives of the American Society of Civil ARE nlE MILDEST CIGARETTE • Engineers was the main item of bus iness at last Monday's meet­ I'vE EVER SMOKED! ing of the Student Chapte!'. T wo Spea'k cl's Featured on the program were ~;t,~~::1., IlH.,tH~'~:o:. t~~ answer! two speeches by Dave Baron a nd and yOU h " comes back J ohn Heath, who competed for ••• Rhyt rn , 1.1" n . "Crazy . t Skitch (""I.e . the honor of representing the f the oldies, . b d re"i... e 1t. old Cal tech Student Chapter at the h hottest 0 d hiS aO ch on an convention. Heath spoke on "The One of t ~ the way Skitch an mooth.modern t~\lh has another 'W ith 'a SOC, t at putting a s cigarettes, SkltC 't. "Camels Water Supply Problem in Santa is grea rues to k' ch plaYs t • .. Barbara," while Baron chose as derson d when it co 't..I e's b o'W S It 1 for years. favorite. An . Camels 1 Der ...... oked Came s his subject "Flood Co ntrol in . favottte- d I've s ..... Los Angeles County." The three loOg·tune f U flavore . ' Id and U judges decided at length t hat 1 Heath should be the representa­ arc ro ___------...... tive at tl)e convention. Guest.s The distinguis hed guests at the meeting included the three judg­ es, Mr. N. D. Whitman, Senior Contact Mernber of the Studen t Chapter; Mr. Homer J orgensen, Secretary of the LA Section of SMOKE CAMELS FOR 30 DAYS IVE KNOWN THAT FOR YEARS. the ASCE; and Professor William NANCY! AND I GO FOR J. Bobisch, and, in addition, Pro­ _ and you'll know! fessors Mar tel, Mi chael, and Va­ CAMELS FULL, RI CH FLAVOR, noni. In a recent coast-to-coast test of hundreds o f TOO~ n and w omen w ho smoked only Camels for me packs a 30 days _ an average of one to twO . 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He can paas the Wildroot Finger-Nail Test without batting an eye. Friday, 27 Varsity Baseball Redlands Redlands Frosh Baseball Redlands 902 East California Street J .P .'s experience leads us t o suggest that you try non-alcoholic CIT Witd.root Cream-Oil containing Lanolin, too. Get yourself a 14 Doors East of Lake I bottle or tube today at your drug or toilet goods counter. And, have your barber give you professional applications. COTTAGE GRILL PATRONIZE You'll agree thSt for well-groomed hair WUdcoot Cream-Oil 915 E. California St. CALTECH BARBERS Next Door to .. purr-fectl Lunch.s Served a.m. TECH Cal tech Barber Shop of 327 Burroughs Dr., S"yder, N. Yo 11 * to 7 :30 p.m., 65c up on California Near ,Lake ADVERTISERS Wildroot Company, Inc., Buffalo 11, N . Y . Breakfast - 35c up Page 6,------.------­ THE CALIFORNIA TECH Thursday, March 10, 1949 CAMPUS BREWINS eagerly contributed a sma-II sum on J 10, you know. Well, Royce The evil plot to discompose for the ASCI'!' dance. It hardly EARTH'S PERIOD (Continued from Page 2) apiece to a betting pool on the contJ'ived to put the plug in the mighty E schner was par- seems fair for oll e frosh to cor- (Continued from Page 1) Uh huh, mother. vital measurements-Brad Hous­ about three o'clock Friday after· tially ca rl'ied out. As Al w as ner the markel on something er cal'l'ied off the pool w ith s us· noon, and then deparled into the sadly able only to escort one of a later age, usua lly 19 years, and \Ve I'cceh'cd u bit of interest­ there's so much demand for. Slar t speciahzing earlier"; ing historical d~ta at Friday piciously accurate guesses. gay social whirl of life at Cal­ his four women to the formal, morning's Assembly. There Sir }i'ollowiug this c).ic production tech. About 9:00 that night , it was deemed only just by the \\Ie don't WHut to say that Ted 2. Once in college, specializa· Harold Spencer J ones, Astrono­ there was frantic activity. We whtle Royce was happily watch· cllque of Whist, Freed, and Wal· Bowen is snapping under the tion starts much ea.rlier for the mer Royal, let us in on what is might even get away w ith print­ m g the play, his room mate de· Qu ist that the other three should strain, but he doesn't seem to be British student than for the probably the g reatest Skinnering ing a small part of it. The party Clded that the smell was getting also be invited and that they quile his normal self. Paper a ir­ American. job in history. Oh, well may for the cast got off to a good unbearable. A g lass-of·water·bri­ would volun teer to do the hon· planes a re kid-stuff. Bowen's Pos t·graduate work in the two we novices profit by the works s tart, and was proceeding ac­ gacle was formed of Wood, Sm· ors-and only Whist faIled to been havmg a. fin e time with countries is not any more dif· of the master-a slight study of cording to plan, when some del', and Beek, and the student carry through his part in the metallic jobs, salvaging cigarette ferent than post graduate work these methods will enable us to sober s trolled in, gal a botLIe of houses saved, but the bed was noble coup. Ivy to Humman! pack tin· foil lo carryon the m two American colleges, he Skmner such that not the clever­ beverage, and rushed outside, not exactly s leepable. The effect on Eschner has not nob1e research. Economizing, said. reached us. apparently to look fruga l, Ted est physics Prof can detect it. shaking it, to then gleefu1ly Of course, everybody didn't go Astr·o Opportunities Seems that something was squirt it all over Norm Bull­ Stan HoicoUl·t a nd GLORIA and Norm Schroeder have set up to the play FrIday. For in· Speaking on post·graduate op· wrong with the moon-about ten man's door and alley. Nothmg MURPHY were g iven a rough a cigar ette roJJing machine that s lance, thel'e was Dave Warren, portunities for Cal tech astron­ seconds worth of acceleration­ worse than a sober at a party_ lIme. After four 0 1' five buddy operates far into the night. who managed to creep in on the omy majors, Si r Harold said, "AI· so LaPlace dopes out an excuse Cruddttes greeted the enterpris­ Watch out American Tobacco, Dabney tried the satu ration Hydro formal at the Athenaum though the fi eld is necessarily (I think it was tidal friction, or ing Stan with, "Hello Lover," these boys are a mbitious! From method to solve the problem of (Eve, y 'know), ancl Dabney's ex· limited, there is always oppor· something just as unlikely) and lhe pOOl' guy found a lovely but the smell of the burning prod­ slags, etc., eating up the refresh­ DMSH, Tom Turner (busted be· tunity for the well·qualified proceeds to make beau coup com· inconveniencing Iirsh elbow be· UCl, we must be closer to Santa ments, and was able, with Flem­ cause he made Tau Bate) under­ nlan." putations such that- well whad­ ing's help and Beaucoup cheese, took to show the town to those tween him and our gal. Things Anita than we thought. daya know?-it com es out just crackel'S, and cider, to stand off shel terd lads, Herzig and Fasola. must have perked up, though, Bob Haufe and Jim Hummel Grants ten seconds worth of correction. the horde 'til 1230. Dancing Perry's, Shap's, The Terrace, for he got back to Tech even have created a F rankenstein, Education and science in Great It wasn't for years and years there were a number of people COlls lance, Bra.ndon's-why,man, afler Victor "Morning·Star" Van­ and we a ren't kidding. The tit­ Brilain are benefiting greatly that some nosy mdividual named and GLORIA MURPHY. Mac· there's no hmit to the excile· Lint. tat·toe machine works! But it is from increased gdvernment Davis pointed out that there was Kenzie was there w ith the libra· ment available in P asadena! Carl E. "Dumpter" Fox was LO o near human, and as if the grants, was his opinion. How· a wee bit too much elasticity In ry blonde-she was seen the ,,,ith the possible exception of seen squinng a cute chick to the incessant bangll1g of its jillion ever, this policy of government La Place's (or was it La next night w ith Bm Bradley, the over-enthusiastic candlepow· formal. He's been leaving Gage's relays wasn't enough of a curse, grants would probably be under· Grange's) slide rule. who was seen the night before er of the bar, the L A Breakfast woman alone lately. 'Smatter, the verdammt thing, when cheat· taken by both a Labor or a Can· Fresh full of the astronomical -oh well-let's be Bohemian. Club IS in for a tremendous ova­ Carl, no fight left? ed, w ili cheat you right back. ser vati ve govel'ment, under pres· information, everybody and his The urand ncw, rustless, dust· tion. Many there are, indeed, Phil Randolph had a blind date Bah! ent conditions. date appeared to investigate the less, fur-l med, 24 karat gold filled who wriggled out of the pits for truth about iceplant on Friday cha mber·pot of the week goes to the first time to bask in the night. Somehow, the memory Don Hoyce, who succeeded in re­ warmlh of Hal Lomen's syrupy HAROLD O. GRONDAHL of a considerable number of stal· duci ng h is bed to a pile of ashes. symphonies. Opinion was mixed Caltech warts regarding this play seems It wasn't his date-she was from as to the desil'ability of Hal Lo­ surprisingly limited- only one Schmipps. It seemed lhat s leep­ man-those looking on dancing Representing sight seems to have registered ing on the porch was a little as a n end, agreeing that he was Pharmacy throughout the performance (or chi11 y, so Royce got some sur­ keen, and those lookmg on danc· COURTESY • . SERVICE NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE was it two?). Ernst von Grau­ plus electricall y heated flying ing as a means, decrying his va· SATISFACTION COMPANY stark reports from shocked lap· suits, s pread them amongst his riety. I t was noted with sur· Dependabl. Beqiatered Pharmadata s ide observa tion that everything bed clothes, and each night be· prise that Bill Woods was seen Prompt Fr.. Motor D.U.ery she has s he owes to mother, not fore going to bed he would give without his Schmippsian Cyn· 882 Ea.t CaWora.1a Street 234 E. Colorado St., Pasodena to Bullock's. Upon interroga­ his becl about 15 minutes of pre· thia. We fretted grievously un· SYcamore 2·2101 tion, Gloria would only volun· heat. This w as as long as was til he showed up with her a t Pasadena, CalUomla Phone SY. 2-7141 teer that she was wearing a advisu ble, for airplanes don't run chow Sunday. melon hued dress that night, and that her formula for success was: Don't smoke, don't drink, get in early and get lots of sleep. and you, too, ... ah, but what's the use?? The cast of the play (Does this include Sis?) (Ed. Note: No)

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